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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Education in Radiation Oncology-Current Challenges and Difficulties.

Camil Ciprian Mireștean, Roxana Irina Iancu, Dragoș Petru Teodor Iancu

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Enhancing Radiation Oncology Delineation Skills Through Simulation-Based Learning (SBL): A Five-Step Practical Approach Using the ADDIE Model.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2026
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  4. Digital redesign of the radiotherapy course for medical students with a blended learning approach.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025
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  9. A nationwide survey of the current status of radiation oncology teaching in Spanish medical schools.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Camil Ciprian MireșteanDepartment of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6212-8008
Roxana Irina IancuOral Pathology Department, "Gr. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Dragoș Petru Teodor IancuDepartment of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, "Gr. T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution and development of radiotherapy in the last two decades has meant that postgraduate medical training has not kept up with this rapid progress both in terms of multidisciplinary clinical approaches and especially in terms of technological advances. Education in radiation oncology is a major priority in the context of the rapid development of radiotherapy, including advanced knowledge of radiobiology, radiation physics and clinical oncology, anatomy, tumor biology and advanced medical imaging. In this context, the lack of training in radiation oncology in the curricula of medical faculties may have detrimental consequences for the training of residents in radiotherapy but also in their choice of specialty after completing their university studies. There is a clear gap between resident physicians' actual and required knowledge of radiotherapy, and this requires urgent remediation. In the context of technical advances in imaging-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and new radiobiology data, a balanced approach divided equally between general oncology, clinical radiation oncology, radiation oncology technology, medical physics and radiobiology, anatomy and multimodal imaging, including mentorship could bring educational and career choice benefits for students of radiation oncology.

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Internship and ResidencyRadiation OncologyCareer ChoiceCurriculumHumanscurriculumeducationmentorshipradiation oncologyradiotherapystudentstraining

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PMCPMC8997535

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